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a bios reset meant changing to ahci. now my gaming rig blue screens

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Accepted solution by Omar Jansen — oof after switching, Device Manager should show Standard SATA AHCI Controller or Standard NVM Express Controller ... the RST/RAID driver…
  1. Mateo H.
    @mateoh83

    I was a BIOS reset, and the guide told me to switch teh storage mode in teh BIOS from RAID to AHCI. I did it, saved, rebooted, and got this:

    INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE. i swicthed it back to RAID and Windows boots again, phew. but i still need AHCI for what Im doing. is there a safe way to switch without reinstalling Windows? the current storage driver is the RAID driver from the board makers site, if that matters. thx in advance!!

    thinking

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  2. Omar Jansen
    @quartz_otter858

    yeahhh windows only loads teh storage driver needed for the current mode at boot. siwtch modes and it cant find its boot disk. the common safe procedure: in an admin terminal run bcdedit /set safeboot minimal, reobot into BIOS, switch to AHCI, boot (Safe Mode loads the AHCI driver), then run bcdedit /deletevalue safeboot and reboot normally. good luck man!

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  3. Cleo D.
    @cleo.duarte12

    ok so if you end up in a loop, switch the BIOS back to the original mode, windows boots again and you can retry carefully, nothing is lost by flipping it back. worked for me anyway 🤷

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  4. Ibrahim M.
    @binary_works

    ugh. reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets thx in advance!!

    cry

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  5. Ibrahim M.
    @binary_works

    reading this at 2am instead of sleeping, no regrets seriously need help here 😭

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  7. Omar Jansen
    @quartz_otter858
    Accepted solution

    oof after switching, Device Manager should show Standard SATA AHCI Controller or Standard NVM Express Controller... the RST/RAID driver can stay installed; it just wont be used.. :/ u can remove it later via Apps or pnputil if u want.

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  9. Bram Halvorsen
    @latewarden

    also lol unrelated but anyone else's coffee machine also judging them today.. 🤷 lol this thread is gold

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  11. Ibrahim M.
    @binary_works

    nah tbh for Linux, newer kernels support VMD in many cases. check before switching, you may not need AHCI at all. idk maybe im wrong lol

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  12. Mateo H.
    @mateoh83
    in reply to @quartz_otter858

    @quartz_otter858 dude switched to AHCI with the safe-mode method and a BIOS reset is done. Thanks for teh step-by-step! thank u thank u thank u

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